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Chang-Yu Chang

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Chang-Yu Chang 張昌祐

My research interest lies in the intersection of systems biology, microbial evolotion and community ecology. I am interested in combining theory and experiment to study how microbial communities assemble and evolve.

Education

Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2022 - 2017

Thesis: Engineering the emergent properties of microbial communities
Advisor: Dr. Alvaro Sanchez

M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

2017 - 2015

Thesis: Near-infrared modulates burying behavior in burying beetles
Advisor: Dr. Sheng-Feng Shen

B.S., Life Science

National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

2015 - 2011

Math and computational courses oriented
Presidential and Dean’s Award (ranking top 5% in the class) GPA: 4.1/4.3

Honors and Awards

Data Driven Discovery Postdoctoral Fellow ($27500)

University of Pennsylvania

N/A

2024 - 2022

Government Fellowship for Oversea Study ($126000)

Taiwan Ministry of Education

N/A

2020 - 2017

Publications

* these authors contributed equally

Emergent species coexistence of microbial communities

In preparation

N/A

2022

Chang-Yu Chang, Djordje Bajic, Sylvie Estrela, Jean Vila, Alvaro Sanchez

Top-down and bottom-up cohesiveness in microbial community coalescence

PNAS (https://www.pnas.org/content/119/6/e2111261119)

N/A

2022

Juan Diaz-Colunga*, Nanxi Lu*, Alicia Sanchez-Gorostiaga*, Chang-Yu Chang, Helen Cai, Joshua Goldford, Mikhail Tikhonov, Alvaro Sanchez

Functional attractors in microbial community assembly

Cell Systems (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2021.09.011)

N/A

2021

Sylvie Estrela, Jean C C Vila, Nanxi Lu, Djordje Bajic, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Chang-Yu Chang, Joshua E. Goldford, Alicia Sanchez-Gorostiaga, Alvaro Sanchez

Engineering complex communities by directed evolution

Nature Ecology & Evolution (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01457-5)

N/A

2021

Chang-Yu Chang*, Jean C C Vila*, Madeline Bender, Richard Li, Madeleine C Mankowski, Molly Bassette, Julia Borden, Stefan Golfier, Paul Gerald L Sanchez, Rachel Waymack, Xinwen Zhu, Juan Diaz-Colunga, Sylvie Estrela, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Alvaro Sanchez

Directed Evolution of Microbial Communities

Annual Review of Biophysics (https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-biophys-101220-072829)

N/A

2021

Alvaro Sanchez, Jean C C Vila, Chang-Yu Chang, Juan Diaz-Colunga, Sylvie Estrela, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez

Artificially selecting bacterial communities using propagule strategies

Evolution (https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14092)

N/A

2020

Chang-Yu Chang*, Melisa L Osborne*, Djordje Bajic, Alvaro Sanchez.

Ecological effects of cellular computing in microbial populations

Natural Computing (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-018-9708-8)

N/A

2018

Maia Baskerville*, Arielle Biro*, Mike Blazanin*, Chang-Yu Chang*, Amelia Hallworth*, Nicole Sonnert*, Jean C C Vila*, Alvaro Sanchez

Teaching Fellow Experience

BIOL104: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2020

Lecture TF

E&EB729: Microbial Ecology and Evolution

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2019

Course facilitator

PBoC2019: Physical Biology of the Cell course

Marine Biological Laboratory

Woods Hole, MA

2019

Course facilitator

EEB250/550: Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2019

Lecture TF

EEB251L/551L: Laboratory for Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2019

TF, organized field trips, and conducted demo experiments

EEB223L/523L: Laboratory for Evolution & Functional Traits

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2019

TF, organized field trips, and conducted demo experiments

LS3022: Biostatistics

National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

2016

TF and lectured basic R

LS1019: General Botany Lab

National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

2015

TF and lectured lab experiments

Selected Presentations

Lab seminar. Invited talk

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

2021 Nov

Lab seminar. Invited talk

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

2021 Nov

Workshop on Limits to Diversity Assembly, ICTP. Invited talk

Trieste, Italy

Virtual

2021 Jan

Microbial Sciences Institute SMAL talks. Invited talk

Yale University

Virtual

2020 Oct

The Graduate Research in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Annual Symposium (GREBE). Contributed talk

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

2019 May

Yale EEB graduate student symposium. Best contributed poster

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2019 May

Microbial Sciences Institute Retreat. Contributed poster

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2019 Aug

17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME). Contributed poster

N/A

Leipzig, Germany

2018 Aug

18th Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology. Winner Prize for research and oral presentation

National Sun Yat-sen University

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2017 Jan

Graduate student symposium. Best contributed poster

College of Life Science, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

2016 June

15th Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. Contributed talk

Unversity of Exeter

Exeter, UK

2016 Aug

Services

President, Yale Taiwansese Student Association

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2020 - 2018

Organized recreational and holiday events for Taiwanese students
Facilitated connections among Taiwanese students across universities

Organizer, Yale EEB Hutchinson speaker

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2019

Dr. Dolph Schluter (UBC) invited as the 2019 Hutchinson Speaker
Organized and modulated invited speaker talks, sessions, and meetings

References

Dr. Alvaro Sanchez

Ph.D. advisor

N/A

Assoiciate Professor, Yale University

Dr. Maria Rebolleda-Gomez

Dissertation committee

N/A

Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine

Dr. David Vasseur

Dissertation committee

N/A

Professor, Yale University

Dr. Sheng-Feng Shen

M.S. advisor

N/A

Research Fellow (Professor), Academia Sinica in Taiwan